Reading stuff...

[agilebrit]

First of all, Happy Mother's Day to the moms on my flist! :)

So, they say read the genres you're writing in, right? So I've been poking through the "Story Collections" section of the library, hunting for short SF and Fantasy, when I came across this book:

Women Writing Science Fiction as Men.

So, I picked it up, and I've read it. And it's fine, I suppose. But now that I'm done with it, I find that the premise rather annoys me--especially since women have been writing science fiction as men for as long as women have been writing science fiction. It feels like a step backwards.

And the thing is, I don't see what's so remarkable about a woman writing a story from a male viewpoint. This may be because I've been doing it since Day One, but, dude. Not that hard. Really. Of course, I realize that what may be second nature to me might be tougher for other people, because me /= everyone else--but, we're science fiction writers. Getting into the head of someone of the opposite sex should be easier than getting into the head of an alien, right?

So, I just discovered (via the Amazon search I did for this book) that the same editor did a collection of stories where men write science fiction as women. And it's sitting at my local library. I shall plan on going and getting it tomorrow.

Erm. *eyes stack of books* Maybe...NEXT time I'm scheduled to go to the library. Yeah.

I also grabbed a werewolf anthology published by the good folks at Asimov's SF magazine. So, that means they take werewolf stories. Therefore I can send the Werewolf Fic to them. Yay for a market I hadn't actually considered for the thing!

Speaking of Asimov's, I should be hearing from them soon on the BeagleFic. I keep chanting "Contract! Contract! Contract!" at the mailbox...

Comments

[bojojoti.livejournal.com]

"Contract, contract, contract!"

*thought I'd help intimidate your mailbox*

[agilebrit.livejournal.com]

Hee! Thanks!